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Get In Line!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars compare and order fractions and decimals using a number line. They use rules of conversion to determine equivalencies competing problems accurately and plot points on the number line that represent the correct order of the...
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Operations with Decimal Numbers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders demonstrate operations with decimal numbers. In this computation lesson, 6th graders play the game "Diabolical Decimals." The objects of this game is to construct the largest number after rolling a die five times. The...
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Human Number Line

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare different types of numbers. Each student is given a flashcard containing a decimal, percent, fraction or integer. Teams of students compete, in silence, to determine who can line up in numerical order correctly. They...
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Is This Fair?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how to convert fractions to decimals and percents. They play the role of a shopper to complete this activity.
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Number and Number Relations: Lesson 3

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders compare whole numbers and decimals. They use symbols for <, >, =, and order whole numbers and decimals. They practice the meaning of positive and nugative integers by using them to describe real-world situations.
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Differentiate Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures. Using diagrams, they compare and contrast atoms and molecules and describe various chemical reactions. They distinguish the differences between ionic and...
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Representing Rational Numbers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore rational numbers. In this fractions, decimals, and percents lesson, 7th graders identify and compare equivalencies between fractions, decimals, and percents. Students use hands-on activities to investigate the...
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Saving Money Through Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss light sources and collect data about energy sources. They compare data and create a multiple line graph showing energy used by light sources for each student in the group. They present their graphs and write a...
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Let's Go Shopping with $500

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use a worksheet to budget a five-hundred dollar shopping spree. They select goods to purchase, figure totals and then calculate discounts and sales tax. They compare results to determine who purchased the most for his or...
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Springy Legs

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders measure their body height and the height they can jump. They use these measurements in forms of ratios, fractions and decimals to describe their Springy Legs Factors (SLF). Students compare their SLFs to other people's...
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Tumbling Cubes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare fractions and decimals while playing a game and order fractions and decimals found on the number cubes to create a number line. They then play a game called the Fraction Decimal Toss.
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Feeding Pets

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore and compare fractions. Using a fraction strip, they find common denominators, convert fractions, and find fractions between other fractions. Students work in groups or independently to change fractions to decimals.
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Better Than Average

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners analyze how to calculate averages, and discuss the use of averages in baseball. They calculate averages and decimals to thousandths using the data on baseball cards.
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Number: Fractions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore equivalencies. In this decimals and fractions lesson plan, students examine number relationships and patterns as they compare whole numbers to decimals. Students complete a worksheet that requires them to convert...
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Energy Choices

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students figure the best gas prices. For this math lesson, students add and multiply with decimals. Students complete a worksheet to find which supplier offers the best gas prices.
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Adding and Subtracting with Tenths

For Students 5th - 8th
In this adding with tenths activity, students add and subtract numbers whose decimals go to the tenths place. Students complete 10 problems total.
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Number Sense

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students play "Fraction Line Up," a game to compare fractions with unlike denominators with the use of a deck of cards. After the game, each player explains one of the strategies that was helpful to him/her during the game. In...
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Bits and Pieces: Fractions Greater Than One

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare fractions. For this fraction worksheet, students examine the number line. Using the Internet, they explore models of numbers greater than one. Students complete multiple-choice worksheets.
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What Are We Listening To?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gather data from a web site on number of music albums sold by genre for the last two years. They convert these figures to fractions, decimals, and percents, and display the results in bar graphs and pie charts.
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Decimal Place Value

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders plug in numbers into a place value chart with decimals to the hundredths place. For this place value lesson plan, 4th graders fill in answers on the SmartBoard and a worksheet.
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Going Whole Hog

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a game in which they compare fractions and graph the fractions.
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A Matter of Fact

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students design their own Science experiment. In this science experiment lesson plan students create a hypothesis related to matter and test it. They displayed their data in a graph.
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The Price Is Right - Grocery Store Prices

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the unit price to compare which local grocery store has the best prices. Assign students to work with a partner and a role. One person is the recorder and the other is the mathematician.
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The Number Line

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the order of numbers and how they are located on the number line. They also review the symbols used to compare quantities in order to decipher simple expressions and graph them on the numberline.

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